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Researchers Report Enhanced Chemosensitivity Of Pancreatic Cancer Cells By Black Seed Component
POSTED: April 29, 2008The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute researchers today presented, at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in San Diego, CA, the potential benefits of Thymoquinone (TQ), a compound present in the oil of black seeds (Nigella sativa), in treating pancreatic cancer. For centuries, these black seeds have been consumed in Asia, ...
Exercise May Lead To Faster Prostate Tumor Growth
POSTED: April 25, 2008Prostate tumors grew more quickly in mice who exercised than in those who did not, leading to speculation that exercise may increase blood flow to tumors, according to a new study by researchers in the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center (DCCC) and the Duke Prostate Center. "Our study showed that exercise led to significantly greater tumor growth than a...
Hereditary Breast Cancer -- A High Cost To Patient And Health Care Provider Alike
POSTED: April 25, 2008Some women who carry the BRCA gene mutation, which predisposes to breast cancer, may choose to have a prophylactic mastectomy rather than undertake lifetime surveillance, a Dutch scientist will tell the 6th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-6) today (Wednesday 16 April). The mastectomy option appears to give an excellent result in avoiding breast ...
Herceptin And Chemo Improves Response Rates Without Major Adverse Effects In Her2 Breast Cancer
POSTED: April 25, 2008Women with a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer seem to do better if they are treated with a combined anthracycline and taxane chemotherapy regimen before surgery, together with trastuzumab (Herceptin) before and after surgery, according to results from the largest multi-centre trial to investigate this treatment. Professor Michael Untch t...
Chemotherapy May Not Affect Memory In Breast Cancer Patients
POSTED: April 25, 2008Women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer frequently report problems with memory and concentration, but two new studies suggest that chemotherapy is not the cause of these problems, and the stress of the diagnosis may be. The studies will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 12-19, 2008...
Variants Of Vitamin D Receptor Linked To Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer
POSTED: April 25, 2008Genetic variations in the body's receptor for vitamin D could increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to a study published in the open access journal Breast Cancer Research. Jenny Chang-Claude of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology, at the German Cancer Research Center, in Heidelberg, and colleagues there and at the Institu...
A New Approach Is Needed In Breast Cancer Treatment For Pregnant Patients
POSTED: April 25, 2008Pregnant breast cancer patients can be treated as closely as possible to existing guidelines for non-pregnant patients, with few ill effects, a scientist told the 6th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-6) today (Wednesday 16 April). Dr. Sibylle Loibl, Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at University of Frankfurt, Germany, and a me...
Breast Cancers Behave Differently Before And After The Age Of 70
POSTED: April 25, 2008Researchers in Belgium have discovered that increasing age affects the way breast cancer behaves. As women approach the age of 70, they become less likely to be diagnosed with aggressive tumours that have spread to the lymph nodes. But after 70, the cancer is increasingly likely to spread, particularly if the tumours are small. Until now, there has b...
Acupuncture Relieves Hot Flushes In Breast Cancer Patients Taking Tamoxifen
POSTED: April 25, 2008Acupuncture provides effective relief from hot flushes in women who are being treated with the anti-oestrogen tamoxifen following surgery for breast cancer, according to new research presented today (Friday) at the 6th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-6) in Berlin. Mrs Jill Hervik, a physiotherapist and acupuncturist at the Vestfold Central Ho...
Egg Breakthrough Could Preserve Fertility
POSTED: April 25, 2008Scientists in Scotland yesterday revealed a major breakthrough in helping to preserve women's fertility. A team from Edinburgh University have succeeded in taking early stage follicles from a woman's ovaries and maturing them into eggs in the lab for the first time. The discovery should help women undergoing cancer treatment, or those wish...
